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    Bantam White Leghorn Hen and 7 chicks---Local Pickup Only

    We have had a bunch of hens suddenly decide that they want to be mommas! Dove is a White Leghorn Bantam hen who just hatched 7 chicks on New Year's Day. The chicks are also pure white except for 3 black spots on their back; I believe their daddy is a Black Tailed Buff Japanese. She has been...
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    15 Bantam chicks for sale or trade

    I have these posted on craigslist. I would really prefer to just trade for a couple of silkie or showgirl babies or maybe some other bantam babies--let me know what you have. These guys are the Ideal Poultry "grab bag" deal from the 6/1 hatch and since we had a batch from the 5/15 hatch...
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    Help Please--Hen with broken egg internally?

    Louise is a 2 year old Gold Comet. She and Thelma ALWAYS lay their eggs in the same nest. Lately they have been sharing a nest in the corner of a horse stall with Fez, a duck. For the last 2 days (edit) I have found Thelma's egg (she lays the smaller egg) and Fez's egg but no Louise egg...
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    Pekin drake bully/rapist

    We have had 20 Runners for a couple of years--they breed and raise some babies which we thin out but they are pretty self-sufficient and don't beat each other up much during breeding season. We have 3 Pekin girls, 1 Pekin drake and 1 Rouen drake, all 6 months old. The Rouen drake is pretty low...
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    What predator is eating my predator?

    We have had rat problems since last summer when I found the black snake (5 ft plus, measured) that was a resident of our horse barn trying to eat a huge duckling that he never was going to get down. I was really angry and he met the shotgun. Now we have burrowing rats like crazy and I can't...
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    Rooster with paralyzed wing--please help

    OK, here is the rundown on dear Helios *Edited to add: The wing is paralyzed; after looking at some chicken anatomy pics and really moving the joint, it seems to be identical to the other one. * He is an 11 month old BO Roo His right wing is dangling in front of him and he is completely...
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    In your experience, how much of chicken behavior is hereditary?

    We have a group of lovely young BO, 2 roos and 7 hens. One roo is a little standoffish and is going to be as big as a turkey--he is 4 months old and is bigger than both of our full grown (rather robust) BO hens. I suspect that he may be a little difficult to live with but magnificent to look...
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    Sad day--baby Roo died. Coccidiosis timeline?

    We had gotten 5 little BR babies that were 4 weeks old, 10 days ago. One was smaller than the others and seemed a little shaken up about moving to a new home. He was super sweet and cuddly and over the last 3 days he just seemed to slow down. The only thing wrong was a touch of diarrhea and...
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    Wanted: Buff Orpington pullets in North Carolina

    Looking for some nice BO pullets or hens 16 weeks or older.
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    Anyone breeding Buff Orpingtons in the Winston-Salem, NC area?

    I am looking for a couple of nice quality pullets that might be showable and good foundation breeding stock for my son. We had 2 that had to be culled in our batch of 16 week old babies soon after we purchased them and we would like something that might be around the same age. The guy that...
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    Will he ever get up the nerve to breed her?

    I have 2, 4 1/2 month old BO roos that are now in with the 2 big girls,(1 year old),and 7 other 4 month old pullets. I want one of these two roos to be the new man of the flock. One of the BO hens is really, really bossy. She isn't beating up on the babies but, when she walks in the coop...
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    Strange baby flock behavior

    I have 14 BR babies that are 4 weeks and 7 weeks old, all together (I know it normally isn't a good idea to do that but they came from the same place and they like each other) They are super friendly every time I go in their pen but they have a strange evening ritual. I always sit on a bale of...
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    Chicken genetics question

    We have 17 Barred Rock babies and we were going to keep the 2 best roosters of the bunch. I found out that the man that we bought them from hatched them himself and he only had 4 hens and one rooster, so these guys are closely related. I don't want to have little inbred babies--should I be...
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    Hi from NC

    Hello all, My 14 year old son and I have 11 Buff Orpingtons and just started with 17 Barred Rock babies and we have 12 Gold Comet pullets coming soon . We are long time "lurkers" on the board and really appreciate all of you that take the time to answer questions. We have learned so much from...
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